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Phil Baker serves as President of Magellan Commercial Realty, an independent, full service commercial real estate brokerage company that he founded in 2004. Phil's extensive real estate experience includes tenant reprensentation, agency leasing, land sales, investment sales and development with a geographic focus that centers on the Texas real estate market and specifically the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. In 1992, Phil founded Baker Commercial Realty, a well-respected regional firm, which he sold to Insignia Financial Group, Inc. in October 2001. He served as Executive Director of Insignia/ESG’s Dallas office until Insignia was acquired by CB Richard Ellis in 2003. Prior to establishing Baker Commercial, Phil was Executive Vice President of Las Colinas Corporation (1978 - 1992), the original developer of Las Colinas. He was instrumental in developing the Las Colinas submarket. He successfully negotiated and sold more than 1,000 acres in the master-planned development, either individually or as part of a team effort. Because of his years of experience in the sub-market, he is considered a "Las Colinas Expert". Phil and his wife reside in Dallas with their daughter. As an avid long distance runner, Phil has completed 20 marathons including Boston, New York, Chicago, Portland, San Antonio, Grand Canyon and Dallas. Achievements SIOR (Society of Industrial and Office Realtors®) Real Estate Council Past Board Member and ALC Chair North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors (NTCAR) (President 2005) Greater Dallas Association of Realtors (Past Board Member) National Association of Industrial and Office Parks (NAIOP) CoreNet Global (previously IDRC) North Texas Commercial Association of Realtors and The Dallas Business Journal Top Heavy Hitters for the last several years Stemmons Service Award, nominated on numerous occasions for the local real estate industry’s highest individual honor Member of Idlewild and Terpsichorean Club Lector and Eucharistic Minister, Christ the King Catholic Church Costner Medical Missions (Board Member) Dallas White Rock Marathon (Board Member)
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